diff --git a/desmume/configure.ac b/desmume/configure.ac
index 90e1abb48..b7ff2ae2a 100644
--- a/desmume/configure.ac
+++ b/desmume/configure.ac
@@ -168,7 +168,5 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                  src/windows/Makefile
 		 src/gdbstub/Makefile
 		 autopackage/default.apspec
-		 debian/rules
-		 debian/changelog
 ])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/desmume/debian/.cvsignore b/desmume/debian/.cvsignore
index fb31900dd..f500045cd 100644
--- a/desmume/debian/.cvsignore
+++ b/desmume/debian/.cvsignore
@@ -2,5 +2,3 @@ desmume
 desmume.substvars
 files
 stamp-*
-changelog
-rules